Women in Hybrid Roles in IT Employment: A Return to 'Nimble Fingers'?

dc.creatorGlover,Judith
dc.creatorGuerrier,Yvonne
dc.date2010-06-01
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-07T16:25:18Z
dc.date.available2017-03-07T16:25:18Z
dc.identifierhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-27242010000100007
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/401342
dc.descriptionTwo key aspects of the Information Technology sector are the focus on clients and the 'new' organisational forms of teamwork and management by project. Both require employees who are able to combine technical and communication skills in the form of 'hybrid' jobs. We discuss the gendered development of hybrid jobs in the IT sector, proposing two overarching types of hybridity: inward-facing, tending to be done by women; and outward-facing, tending to be done by men. The 'boundaryless' career model, argued to be the model for successful careers in the IT sector, may link more to the outward-facing type. The gendered differentiation of hybrid jobs could therefore be one reason for women's segregation in IT employment and the attendant gender pay gap.
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dc.languageen
dc.publisherUniversidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios
dc.sourceJournal of technology management & innovation v.5 n.1 2010
dc.subjectwomen in IT employment
dc.subjecthybrid jobs
dc.subjectgendered hybrid jobs
dc.subjectboundaryless career
dc.titleWomen in Hybrid Roles in IT Employment: A Return to 'Nimble Fingers'?
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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